Officials say what you shouldn’t do if your trying prepare your home for a hurricane is cover the windows with tape. They said doing so is worse than leaving them uncovered.

“Once they break, they just become bigger pieces of debris. So sometimes it’s just better for the window to shatter and break apart and fall in then become large piece of debris that fly in your house,” Arnold explained.

“You gotta make sure you’re in a well-ventilated space because carbon monoxide can build up there, inhibiting your ability to breathe - or live, for that matter. So we’ve had storm-related deaths due to generator use," he explained.